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Hari Puttar to be released in special audio form
Filmmakers these days try each and every trick in the book to get maximum audiences to see their films. Now Mirchi Movies, the makers of the children's flick Hari Puttar- A Comedy of Terrors, is doing something which has not yet been attempted in India before. For their upcoming film, the makers have decided to release the film not just in the theatres but also in Audio form in a special DVD which will benefit visually impaired people.
Visually-challenged teacher makes history
T. Siddha Reddy, a visually-challenged teacher in political sciencewill head the Government Degree College at Nandikotkur as itsprincipal. Mr. Reddy is the first visually-challenged to become theprincipal in the State.
Bangalore dance group of visually-impaired enthralls Brits
To see is to believe but to see people who cannot see dance their way into the hearts of Brits is simply unbelievable.
A group of visually-impaired dancersfrom Bangalore, invited to the region by Kalapremi, an organisationdevoted to art and celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, havedefied all odds and are busy enthralling audiences in north-eastEngland.
Assembly polls: EVMs to have Braille option
The Election Commission will issue directions to State ChiefElectoral Officer M.N. Vidyashankar to ensure that all electronicvoting machines (EVMs) to be used in the Assembly elections in theState have a Braille option. Over 50,000 EVMs will be used for pollingin the State.
Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami told The Hindu that EVMs with Braille option had been used in a few States.
“It should not be a problem to ensure that Braille number strips arepasted on the EVMs to be used in the polling stations in Karnataka aswell,” he said.
Cooking Without Looking' Groundbreaking show caters to visually impaired chefs
Lesson No. 1 on Celia Chacon's television cooking show — use what you have, find substitutes for what you don't.
Except this food TV host isn't just talking ingredients. She's teaching viewers to use touch, smell and sound instead of sight. That's because her viewers are mostly listeners. Like Chacon, most are blind or visually impaired.
Seven blind kids do tap dancing in unique film
Can you visualise blind children learning tap dancingto perfection? This is exactly what one-time TV actor Kumar Bhatia hasdone in his forthcoming film 'Seven'. And he has signed on seven kidswho are actually visually challenged.
'It's an idea turned into afilm that I lived and worked with for four years,' said Bhatia, whoplayed a junkie in Doordarshan's soap 'Subah'.
Visually impaired teens operate sandwich shop: Ky. Kingdom, school team up
Working in a food-service job means attention to customers, assembling orders properly and keeping things clean, and doing these tasks requires extra effort if the worker is blind or visually impaired. Three teenagers from the Kentucky School for the Blind are operating Kingdom Sub on weekdays at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom for four weeks as part of the school's Summer Career and Work Program.
Marissa Chambers, Mitch Saylor and Samantha Hubbard are working from 11 a.m. to3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday today through July 18. They also worked June 16-27.
Chandrayaan' aims to inspire visually-challenged
In an effort to unlock the untapped potential of visually-challenged children and to make available Braille literature on science and astronomy, which are pretty rare to find, city-based Planetary Society of India (PSI), has launched a Braille newsletter aptly titled Chandrayaan, India’s first unmanned moon mission.
Blind can vote without help at the polls
It is aimed at giving the blind voters dignity and secrecy. For the first time, Braille-facilitated electronic voting machines (EVMs) are being introduced on a large scale for the 15th Lok Sabha polls.
"A total of 1.05 million EVMs are being used, of which 4,50,000 are Braille-enabled. These EVMs are spread across the country in many states," an Election Commission official told IANS.
He said earlier the rule was that one person would accompany the blind voters. "Now, the blind persons can cast their vote without any help."
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